Expectations of an agreement to end the conflict between the United States and Iran have restored optimism to markets that have been subject to extreme instability for two months. The fall in oil, the rise in the stock markets and the fall in interest rates bring the best session for the markets in a month, with the barrel of Brent at times losing the level of 100 dollars. Hope for peace has changed the pace of a difficult week, marked by fear of a possible breach of the ceasefire. The first sign of detente came with the ship escort operation in the Strait of Hormuz paused.
